[0:00] I like to call the August 25th, 2026
council meeting to order and ask the
[0:05] clerk to read call the roll, please.
>> Dr. Lee.
[0:08] » Here.
>> Ms. Mapp.
[0:09] » Here.
>> Ms. Pendergass.
[0:11] » Here.
>> Dr. Wells.
[0:13] » Here.
>> Ms. ShanFoster.
[0:14] » Here.
>> We have a quorum present and continue
[0:17] with the meeting. Please stand and join
me in the prayer and the pledge of
[0:22] allegiance. Also, I need to say let
remind you all let you all know that the
[0:26] mayor is online with us tonight.
[0:35] Let us bow our heads.
Oh heavenly Father, Lord God, we just
[0:39] thank you for this day.
Father, we thank you for all the
[0:42] wonderful blessings that you've given
us, even those that we didn't pay any
[0:46] attention to, Father. We know that you
look after us
[0:50] when when things are coming at us both
seen and unseen, and for that we thank
[0:55] you. We also thank you, Lord, that your
bountiful blessings renew every morning,
[0:59] no matter what we've done today that may
not have been pleasing in your sight.
[1:04] They renew every morning and we're
grateful for that. Father, we ask that
[1:07] you bless this city, this state, this
country,
[1:10] the leaders of all of those
organizations, Father.
[1:14] Father, we pray and ask that we do those
things and care about the business of
[1:18] this country in a in a way that's
pleasing to you.
[1:22] Father, we ask that you bless all of our
people that are serving in the armed
[1:26] forces. Bless those who are sick and
shut in at home and are not able to get
[1:30] out, and we also pray and ask that you
bless the homeless. Father, we pray that
[1:34] everything that we do and say in this
meeting will be pleasing in your sight.
[1:38] In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
>> Amen.
[1:42] » Amen.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[1:47] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
[1:53] under God, indivisible,
with liberty and
[1:58] for all.
[2:05] We now move to public comments
and recognize anyone who has signed up.
[2:09] Has anyone signed up?
Thank you.
[2:13] You've all received a copy of the August
11th, 2026 council meeting minutes. Are
[2:18] there any corrections or any amendments
that need to be made?
[2:24] Hearing none, is there a motion to adopt
the August 11th, 2026 council meeting
[2:28] minutes? So moved.
Second.
[2:32] We have a motion and a second. I'll ask
the clerk to please call the roll.
[2:35] » Dr. Lee.
>> I.
[2:37] » Ms. Mack.
>> I.
[2:38] » Ms. Pendergass.
>> I.
[2:39] » Dr. Wells.
>> I.
[2:40] » Ms. Shinhoster.
>> I.
[2:42] » The motion carries and the minutes are
approved.
[2:46] Um Madam Mayor, do you have any comments
at this time?
[2:50] » I don't tonight, Madam um Mayor Pro Tem.
>> Okay, at this time we'll move to the
[2:56] city manager's report and I'll recognize
Ms. Hilson Butts.
[3:01] » Good afternoon. I don't really have a
whole lot of announcements. I do want to
[3:04] remind you all. I think you've seen
emails about the Georgia Broadband
[3:08] Summit that will occur at um Oconee Fall
Line Technical College in Dublin,
[3:12] Georgia on September 16th. It's from
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. If anyone is
[3:16] interested in attending, if you have not
gotten that email, um let me know and I
[3:20] can get you signed up.
And also, I believe in the last meeting
[3:24] we did have a speaker come in from um
Salvation Army and there's an invitation
[3:29] out for their
um
[3:31] Mercer I'm sorry, their um
joint meeting that they're going to have
[3:35] on September 21st, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.
and that's going to be held in Macon at
[3:40] the Mercer President's Dining Room at
Mercer University.
[3:44] Um so, if you all are interested in
attending this event,
[3:47] um the RSVP is due by September 15th, so
let me know and I can get you signed up
[3:51] for that as well.
>> Okay.
[3:54] » I said also too while we're making
announcements, I think you all received
[3:58] an email from the Middle Georgia
Regional Commissions for their annual um
[4:04] event which will take place on October
1st and um they'd like to have you
[4:09] registered by September 18th, right?
>> Yes.
[4:12] » If you plan on attending that event.
>> So if you need assistance with any of
[4:17] those events, if you'd like to attend,
um I can gladly get you signed up if you
[4:21] let me know.
Thank you, Ms. Your Hostetter.
[4:24] » Thank you.
[4:26] We don't have any old business tonight.
[4:31] So we'll now move to the new business
part of the agenda tonight and I will
[4:34] ask the clerk to read
ordinance O
[4:38] 2608-23
by caption as a first read.
[4:43] » Ordinance O 2608-23
conduct the first reading of an
[4:47] ordinance amending the land development
code to rezone property located at 286
[4:53] Jones Road. Owner desires to rezone to
OI office institutional with special
[4:59] use.
>> This is the first read of the ordinance
[5:03] and I'm referring it to the planning and
zoning commission. I will ask the clerk
[5:07] to read ordinance O 2608-24
by caption as a first read.
[5:13] » Conduct ordinance O 2608-24
conduct the first reading of an
[5:18] ordinance amending the charter to accept
approximately 2.286
[5:24] acres of land into the corporate limits
of the city of Milledgeville.
[5:31] » Okay and and this property is located at
136 Roberson Mill Road.
[5:40] This is the first reading of this
ordinance and I'm referring it to the
[5:43] planning and zoning commission.
I will ask the clerk to read resolution
[5:47] R2608-20
by caption.
[5:51] » Resolution R2608-20,
a resolution to authorize a lightning
[5:56] services agreement Georgia Power Company
to install one LED roadway light on
[6:02] Briarcliff Road.
>> You heard the resolution is there a
[6:07] motion to adopt?
>> So moved.
[6:09] » Second.
Is there any discussion?
[6:14] I'll ask the clerk to call the roll,
please.
[6:16] » Dr. Lee? Ms. Matt?
>> I.
[6:19] » Ms. Pendergass?
>> I.
[6:20] » Dr. Wells?
>> I.
[6:21] » Ms. Shanahan-Oster?
>> I.
[6:24] The final item on the agenda is to make
two appointments tonight.
[6:29] So we're nominating Donald Hill for
appointment as the chair of the Planning
[6:32] and Zoning Commission. I think Mr. Hill
has been acting chair for quite some
[6:38] time now.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[6:39] » Until we could get a full board and I'm
happy to say that now we do have a full
[6:43] Planning and Zoning Board, so we can
move him up to the chair. Is there a
[6:48] motion to confirm this nomination?
>> So moved.
[6:51] » Second.
>> Is there any discussion?
[6:55] I'll ask the clerk to call the roll,
please.
[6:57] » Dr. Lee?
>> I.
[6:58] » Ms. Matt?
>> I.
[6:59] » Ms. Pendergass?
>> I.
[7:00] » Dr. Wells?
>> I.
[7:02] » Ms. Shanahan-Oster?
>> I.
[7:05] Secondly, I'm nominating Ms. Melba
Hillson Butts for appointment to the
[7:10] Public Facilities Authority Board and
that's taken the place. So Mr. Griffith,
[7:16] what?
>> No, ma'am.
[7:18] We're going to need to defer that
appointment and
[7:23] we're having a conference call with our
bond counsel and uh
[7:28] and Tom Owens on Friday
and
[7:33] we'll be
reporting back after that as to how
[7:37] those appointments need to take
>> Okay.
[7:40] » Shade.
>> Okay.
[7:45] Okay, those are all the appointments. Is
there a need for a closed session?
[7:49] » Uh no, ma'am.
[7:54] » Wow.
Nice and sweet. I'm searching for things
[7:59] to do.
A few minutes.
[8:01] Well, um
are there any um
[8:05] comments from council?
[8:08] » Just want to thank Georgia College and
KMBB. We picked up 11 bags of trash on
[8:13] Dunlap Road on uh not this past Yeah,
this past Saturday. No.
[8:18] Two Saturdays. This Saturday two weeks
ago. So, I appreciate Georgia College.
[8:22] We keeping it clean.
>> Good. Thanks for that. Thank you.
[8:25] » Let me Let me ask a question for for
your committee. Is it only District 5,
[8:29] Dunlap area that you are um picking up
trash or there other areas that you're
[8:33] going into?
>> KMBB picks up We have three or four
[8:36] countywide cleanups pretty much
throughout the year.
[8:38] » And where are they located?
>> Um we have cleaned up on Carrick Road.
[8:41] We have cleaned up on Kings Road. We
have cleaned up on Dunlap. We have
[8:45] cleaned up on Log Cabin. We have cleaned
up on Mary Weather. We have cleaned up
[8:50] on Lowe's Road. It all depends on The
reason we choose Dunlap a lot of times
[8:55] cuz there's a fire station there.
So, if a adopt-a-roader would like to
[9:01] adopt a a slice of road, it's really 1
mile.
[9:06] Then, they can adopt anywhere they'd
like. Um
[9:09] I believe it was Atrium Navicent
recently that adopted over by the
[9:12] hospital. I believe Melba, that's MLK
>> Mhm.
[9:15] » that circles over there.
>> Was that Cobb Street or MLK?
[9:18] » I'm not sure which one. You just asked
about the signage.
[9:21] » it was Cobb Street.
>> May be Cobb. May be Cobb.
[9:23] » Street.
>> So, yeah. They will be picking up four
[9:26] times a year. Most of your adopters are
out in the county. This is our first
[9:31] adopter in the city.
So, Dunlap is just a a place that we do
[9:35] with Georgia College Gives day every
year because it's a safe spot and the
[9:40] fire department is right there.
>> Okay.
[9:46] Okay.
Thank you.
[9:49] Anyone else?
[9:52] Anything else?
>> Madam Pro Tem,
[9:56] let me say to everyone,
we have city phones for a reason. If
[10:01] you're called by myself or any other
staff member, please return the call.
[10:07] Sometimes I can call some of y'all and
never get the call back. And then Ms.
[10:11] Melba sends out emails and y'all don't
respond. So, when you don't respond and
[10:16] she gives you a date and that date is
the date we need to be in place.
[10:22] So, please make sure you respond into
her. We You know, I can see who's
[10:25] responding. Everybody can see who's
responding and if you're not, then we're
[10:29] not going to use this equipment or these
city phones or these tablets, we need to
[10:34] turn them back in and let's let's let's
stop paying that bill.
[10:39] Oh, that's all the news you said. I
forgot about that earlier, Madam Pro
[10:43] Tem.
>> Okay.
[10:46] Well, since there's nothing else, um
I'll ask for a motion to adjourn.
[10:51] » So moved.
>> Second.
[10:53] » I'll ask the clerk to call the roll.
>> Dr. Lee.
[10:56] » Aye.
>> Ms. Mapp.
[10:57] » Aye.
>> Ms. Pendergass.
[10:59] » Aye.
>> Dr. Wells.
[11:00] » Aye.
>> Ms. Shinhoster.
[11:01] » Aye.
>> We stand adjourned.